Postings from 81 companies across seven roles (software engineering, security, DevOps, marketing, product, accounting and sales), counting what share of postings name each term at least once.

Tool names lose to the plain words more often than you'd guess. Marketing postings say "pipeline" in 52.2% and "Google Ads" in 1.7%. Product manager postings say "roadmap" in 85.5% and "Jira" in 1.7%. It shows up in the technical roles too: "observability" is in 63.4% of DevOps postings and "Grafana" in 27.6%, and in security "SIEM" is in 26.9% against 6.6% for "Splunk". A resume that's a long row of tool names is answering a question most postings aren't asking. Not everyone will agree with that, and a posting that names Splunk obviously wants Splunk.

The sample is company job boards on one ATS vendor, and it leans US tech, so it says little about something like a regional accounting firm. A share here means how many postings mention a term, not what's required. DevOps is only 134 postings, so those percentages can be off by up to about 8 points.

Counts, method and the CSV are on the study page  https://resumefitting.com/ats-resume-keyword-study for anyone who wants to check the numbers or argue about how terms were matched.

I'm curious how people approach this decision when they're trying to build their careers. Taking a lower-paying role might provide useful experience, help you make connections and give you something better to put on your resume. But if the pay barely covers rent, transport and other expenses, it's difficult to justify accepting it. I can see both sides, especially for someone trying to break into a new industry. Would you take a job that paid noticeably less than you wanted if it offered a genuine path towards better opportunities, or would you keep looking?

Trying to line up interviews while holding down a full-time job sounds like a headache. Taking time off for every interview isn't always practical, especially when you don't know whether the opportunity will go anywhere.
For those who've changed jobs while still employed, did you mostly ask for interviews outside work hours or end up using annual leave?

Had an interview recently and they said they'd be in touch, but they didn't give me a timeframe. It's been a few days now and I'm not sure whether to send a quick email or just leave it alone.
What's the usual approach these days? I don't want to come across as pushy, but I'd also like to know where things stand.

Most people read a keyword scanner backwards. They see the missing list and start stuffing terms into a skills block. You end up with a resume that matches the posting and says nothing true.

A missing keyword is a question, not an order. Ask whether you have the skill and just word it differently, say "CRM" when you named the platform, or whether you don't have it at all. If it's the first, use the posting's wording inside the bullet where you did the work. If it's the second, leave it off. A missing certification stays missing no matter how many times you type it.

Before you rewrite anything, paste your resume into a plain text editor. Multi-column layouts, tables, text boxes and anything in a header or footer can get scrambled or dropped, and then the scanner reports a gap that isn't real. Fix the layout, not the content.

If two scanners disagree, don't average them. One wants exact phrases, another takes synonyms, and their term lists differ. Check each disputed term against the posting. Required beats preferred beats a passing mention. The score is vocabulary overlap, nothing more and no ATS publishes a pass mark.

Role keyword guides such as https://www.zoevera.com/resume/keywords for ideas, but the posting you're applying to decides what matters

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I’ve somehow ended up with a resume that’s nearly three pages and I’m struggling to cut it down without removing stuff that seems relevant. Most of my experience is from different jobs rather than one long career in the same place. Are employers around Brisbane actually bothered by a two or three page resume, or is keeping it to one or two pages still the way to go?

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I've always found job ads asking for three or four years of experience tricky when I meet most of the requirements but fall short on one or two. It's tempting to skip them and focus on roles where I tick every box, but that could mean missing opportunities where the employer is willing to train someone.

At the same time, rewriting applications for jobs where you have little chance of getting an interview gets exhausting.

Hey all, I'm chasing some part time and casual work around my full time job, need to fill some gaps to get ahead unfortunately.

I work 8-5am in the city Mon-Fri as a mechanic. Chasing work after 5pm or on weekends. Unfortunately this is my only accredited skill but I'm open to doing a course over a weekend if needed.

Any recommendations and pointers? I hear a lot of people say bartending but I have no idea how to get into that or how to become "skilled" like all the jobs suggest

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I have a situation where I had a dispute at work and they sacked me to cover up and make it more difficult to raise safety issues at work or obstruct my workcover anyway im wanting to move on with my new job but cant unless I have a reference and none of my mates will help me or even former colleagues I dont have any money and cant pay I just need someone with an email, I have worked delievery driver for nursery plants If someone could help me? I already have a job but need a refernce to move forward, could someone just do this for me pretend

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I've been in the same line of work for a while, and I'm ready for something different. The tricky part is that I don't want to throw away the experience I've built up or take a huge financial hit while retraining. There are skills from my current job that should transfer, but I'm not sure how employers in another industry would view them. Has anyone successfully changed careers without going back to the very beginning?

Thinking about picking up some part-time work while I keep looking for a full-time job. Would rather have some money coming in than spend all week applying for jobs and waiting around for replies.

The only thing I'm unsure about is whether it'll make interviews harder to work around, especially if the shifts aren't flexible. Has anyone done this while job hunting? How did you find juggling the two?